K-P govt dismisses ‘baseless’ reports of default

Peshawar: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra has assured the provincial government employees that their salaries will be released today (Monday), rejecting the reports of default. “Today is the fir...

Stop ignoring women’s role in agriculture

The incumbent government seems keen to boost agricultural productivity via adoption of the corporate farming model which may prove to be a windfall for a miniscule proportion of landowners who still own a vast amount of cultivab...

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Geopolitical cataclysm

Three years into the Ukraine War and one and a half years into the Gaza War, geopolitical chaos and uncertainty has only quadrupled. Peace is evasive and global players seem to be eyeing endgames that would plunge humanity into ...

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Humanity craves dignity, but Pakistan ignores it

Human evolution spans over six million years, with Homo sapiens emerging just 50,000 years ago — a mere blink in Earth's 14 billion-year history. From primitive hunter-gatherers with limited cognitive abilities, humans evolved...

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The Dhaka dimension

A reset with Bangladesh is most promising and has opened new vistas of regional cooperation. The foreign secretary-level talks held in Dhaka, after a hiatus of 15 years, under the Foreign Office Consultations theme has formally ...

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No petrol relief

Despite a steep fall in international oil prices, there has been no relief for the masses in the country from the unbearably high prices of petroleum products. Local media was abuzz with reports of "good news coming up" in the f...

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